# Body of Knowledge ## expand\_more ![Body of Knowledge](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/chsi/files/bok_banner.jpg?itok=9Px_jkI5) "**Body of Knowledge: A History of Anatomy (in 3 Parts)**" explored the act of anatomizing not as a process of mapping a finite arrangement of bodily structures, but as a complex social and cultural activity. By means of a diachronic perspective, the exhibit narrative cut through the multiplicity of anatomical practices, presenting three important moments in the history of anatomy: sixteenth century dissections and anatomical drawings, nineteenth century anatomical practices, and contemporary use of both cadavers and digital technology for anatomic education. "**Body of Knowledge**" attempted to capture the complexity of the many people, places, and meanings involved in human dissection. ![BSHS Logo](/sites/g/files/omnuum6316/files/styles/hwp_1_1__100x100_scale/public/chsi/files/bshs_logo100.png?itok=evHVvUs7) **Awarded the** [**British Society for the History of Science**](http://www.bshs.org.uk/) **Great Exhibitions 2014 Prize for Small Exhibitions** [**Body of Knowledge Digital Gallery Guide**](https://goo.gl/lA5BzL) [**Online Image Gallery for "Body of Knowledge..."**](/exhibitions/past_exhib/bok?admin_panel=1) --- **BODY OF KNOWLEDGE-RELATED ONLINE MATERIAL** - A complimentary exhibit, "[The Nature of Every Member: an Anatomy of Dissection](https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=8920)," was featured at the Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. For additional information, contact the Center at . - Submissions for "Body of Knowledge..." from the [Center of the History of Medicine](http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/exhibits/show/body-of-knowledge--a-history-o). - View an annotated digital volume of the '[De Humani Corporis Fabrica' by Andreas Vesalius online](http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/vesalius/vesalius.html). - Read a contemporary account of the [Tewksbury Almshouse Scandal](/file_url/147). **Prepared with the Special Collaboration of** [The Center for the History of Medicine](https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom.html) [Countway Medical Library](https://www.countway.harvard.edu/menuNavigation/chom.html) [Harvard Medical School Program in Medical Education](http://hms.harvard.edu/departments/medical-education) **Sponsored by** The David P. Wheatland Charitable Trust The Ackerman Program on Medicine & Culture The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation --- **March 6 through December 5, 2014** See also:- [ Past Exhibitions ](/exhibition-status/past-exhibitions)